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Michels Corporation is an international utility, engineering, design and construction contractor based in Brownsville, Wisconsin. With more than 5,000 employees in its 18 divisions, Michels is the largest construction company in Wisconsin. It currently maintains nearly three dozen permanent office and yard locations from coast to coast, as well as Alberta, Canada. Michels is involved in various areas of utility construction, including pipeline construction, horizontal directional drilling, deep foundations, communications and pipe rehabilitation, as well as sewer, water and tunnel construction. The company is also involved in cable placements, pipe restoration, concrete paving, vertical drilling, road construction, and electrical power infrastructure construction services, as well as in trenching and construction of natural oil and gas projects.〔http://www.michels.us〕 Michels Corporation was founded as Michels Pipeline Construction, Inc., but changed its name in 2001 to better reflect its utility construction services.〔http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10861965_ITM〕 As of 2015, Michels Corporation is ranked No. 33 on the Engineering News-Record Top 400 Contractors list.〔http://enr.construction.com/toplists/Contractors/001-100.asp〕〔http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-16682476.html〕 In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Michels Directional Crossings won Project of the Year honors from Trenchless Technology magazine in the new installation category for its notable horizontal directional drill projects. 〔http://trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action/id.2669/title.2013-project-year-new-install〕〔http://trenchlessonline.com/project-year-new-installation〕 == History == Dale Michels founded the company in 1959 as a gas pipeline construction company and provided services to Wisconsin utilities. In 1963, Michels began providing outside plant construction and installation of buried telephone cable systems. The company expanded again in 1970, forming a Sewer, Water and Tunnel Division.〔http://www.answers.com/topic/michels-corporation〕 In 1976, Michels began producing crushed aggregates to supply materials for various road and building construction projects throughout eastern Wisconsin. The next year, 1977, Michels began constructing rural water distribution systems throughout the Northern Plains. As part of this development, the company constructed water mains, laterals and residential water service. Michels branched out into fiber optic cable systems in 1983. The company built customized equipment, including the design and fabrication of rail-mounted cable plows. In 1988, Michels began a new method known as horizontal directional drilling to construct underground utilities.〔http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=804〕 The company expanded on this when it designed and manufactured the most powerful directional drilling rig to date in 1996. The rig was called "Hercules-1200" for its 1,200,000 pounds of push/pullback. Michels acquired Superior Electric Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1997, and changed the name to Michels Power. The company also established Michels Directional Crossings Co. in Canada. Two years later, Michels acquired Redmond, Washington-based Pilchuck Contractors, Inc., to add to its West Coast capabilities. Michels also manufactured a second "Hercules-1200" in 1999.〔http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-109669469/2003-large-directional-drilling.html〕 In 2001, what had been Michels Pipeline Construction became Michels Corporation due to the wide array of services the company had become involved in. Michels Corporation continued expanding in 2002, acquiring BBC as part of its Mid-America Line and Cable division. Michels also acquired Anderson Bros. & Johnson of Wausau, Wisconsin, the only company to mine deep-red granite in North America. In 2003, the company also added yet another division in Michels Drilled Foundations. Michels Mid-American Line and Cable changed its name to Michels Communications in 2004. The company also made another move on the West Coast, acquiring the cured-in-place pipe business of Gelco Services, Inc., based in Salem, Ore. The pipe rehabilitation operations are now called Michels Pipe Services. Michels also manufactured another drilling rig, the DD-840, bringing its total fleet to more than 65 drilling rigs. Michels Paving was formed in 2005, offering paving services to public and private sectors. This move was bolstered by the assets of recently acquired PCC Construction Co. and its sister companies.〔http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11263024_ITM〕〔http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/rbi/WBM042805_6〕 In 2007, Michels Sewer, Water and Tunnel division took on a new identity as Michels Tunneling.〔http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-33560502_ITM〕 In 2009, Michels celebrated its 50th anniversary. 〔http://trenchlessonline.com/family-values/〕 In 2011, Michels acquired Continental Fabrication Services, a full-service pipe fabrication operation in Carrollton, Mo. In 2012, Michels acquired the foundations business of Edward E. Gillen Co. and renamed it Michels Foundations. 〔http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2012/02/13/michels-corp-buys-gillen-foundation.html〕 In 2014, Michels launched its Mi-Con division to provide customers with solutions to dewatering issues. 〔http://trenchlessonline.com/micon-adds-to-michels-corps-array-of-services/〕 In 2015, Michels Civil was established to perform heavy civil, environmental remediation and governmental work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michels Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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